Declared a National Natural Landmark in 1974, the dunes were dangerously close to urban development until a local resident planted …
History
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By the mid-1920s, Piggly Wiggly was the nation’s third largest grocery chain, with stores in Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington.
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Just across from downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear River, you’ll find the USS North Carolina.
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With Franklin’s annual Taste of Scotland Festival and Braveheart 5K quashed by stay-at-home orders, we must temporarily revamp all celebratory …
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Imagine yourself lounging on a patio, a chilled glass of Pacheca Branco Grande Reserve in your hand, overlooking the vineyards …
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North Carolina’s first town and port, Bath, was hardly a place to take children.
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In the late 1880s, charmed by Asheville’s beauty, railroad scion George Washington Vanderbilt II decided to build a “little mountain …
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The first blues song I heard growing up on Atlanta college radio was “Cross Road Blues,” 1936, by genre progenitor Robert …
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Before 1895, Dockery Plantation was, like much of the Delta at the time, a swampy tangle of gum and cypress …
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The U.S. Civil Rights Trail stops in 15 states, few as chilling as Mississippi.
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“My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money …
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During the Great Depression, a young entrepreneur named Vernon Rudolph purchased a unique recipe for fluffy doughnuts. In 1937, he …
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In 1932, a composer and WWI veteran named Lamar Stringfield united a gaggle of musicians to form the North Carolina …
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From 1720 to 1870, North Carolina led the world in the production of tar, pitch and turpentine – products used …
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In 1587, after a failed first attempt, the English again tried to colonize Roanoke Island. Received peacefully by the Croatoan …
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“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” Carl Sandburg, one of America’s best-known, best-loved poets and writers wrote that back in …
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Stephen, a slave on the 1839 plantation of Abisha Slade in Caswell County, was tired from a long day of …
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To conduct the business affairs of a state – or a colony in earlier times – requires a place for …
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It was bloody and never pretty. In the early days of the North Carolina colony, Native Americans inhabited the land …
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It was first known as a school for teachers until it became a college. Now, it is one of the …
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Lesley “Esley” Riddle is probably one of the most influential people in county music’s early days whom you have never …
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It may be hard for us to fathom, but school has not always been public and free. In the state’s …
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He’s often considered the world’s greatest showman. But when P.T. Barnum spent a November Saturday night in 1836 at Rocky …
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North Carolina entered a new era in its effort to regulate alcoholic beverage sales when the state’s first Alcohol Beverage …
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John W. Thomas was always confident, a make-it-happen type of guy. He had to be. John grew up fast when …
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It’s officially called the Qualla Boundary, a name most of us aren’t familiar with. We know it by its more …
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When you think of coal mining and coal mining disasters, you don’t think of North Carolina. But the Egypt Coal …
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We’ve all heard of Eng and Chang Bunker – the Siamese twins – who became famous and called North Carolina …
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In politics you often have the boss, the one who works behind the scenes, to pull the levers of power. …
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It’s the eternal home for the rich and famous, and for the poor and unknown. Located in Asheville, the Riverside …